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NC to proceed with nominations of candidacies towards FPTP system
A meeting of the Nepali Congress (NC) central working execution committee on Monday decided to proceed with the nominations of candidates for the House of Representatives (HoR) and Province Assembly (PA) elections towards the first-past-the-post (FPTP) voting.
The meeting presided by party central President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba took a decision to this regard, according to party chief secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel.
As said the press statement issued by Poudel, the revised closed name list of party candidates towards the Proportional Representation (PR) system was submitted to the Election Commission on October 1.
Around 20 thousands observers for HoR, PA elections
Around 20 thousands observers from home and abroad are likely to be mobilised for the elections of the House of Representatives (HoR) and the Province Assembly (PA).
The voting for the twin elections is taking place on coming November 20 in a single phase.
According to the Election Commission, 43 organization’s at home have been granted permission to observe the elections while the number of foreign organizations is two.
Observers from some organisations are expected to reach polling stations in remote areas as well, said EC joint-spokesperson Kamal Bhattarai.
Famed US Extreme Skier Gets Traditional Nepalese Funeral
A famed extreme skier from the United States who was killed after falling from one of the world’s tallest mountains was on Sunday given a traditional funeral at a Sherpa cremation ground as Buddhist monks officiated over a ceremony attended by family, friends and government officials.
Hilaree Nelson, 49, fell off the 8,163-meter (26,775-foot) summit of the world’s eighth-highest mountain, Mount Manaslu, last week while skiing down with her partner, Jim Morrison.
Nelson’s body was taken to the Sherpa cremation grounds in Kathmandu from a hospital morgue on the back of an open truck that was decorated with a poster of her and bedecked with garlands of flowers.
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